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CHRISTIAN  UNITY 
FOUNDATION 


Offices 

143  East  Thirty-Seven fh  Street 
New  York 


Incorporated  A.  D.  igio 


OFFICERS 


President 

The  Rt.  Rev.  Frederick  Courtney,  D.  D. 

Vice-  Presidents 

The  Rt.  Rev.  William  Croswell  Doane,  D.D. 

Bishop  of  Albany 

The  Rt.  Rev.  Boyd  Vincent,  D.  D. 
Bishop  of  Southern  Ohio 

The  Rt.  Rev.  C.  P.  Anderson,  D.  D. 
Bishop  of  Chicago 

The  Rt.  Rev.  E.  S.  Lines,  D.  D. 

Bishop  of  Newark 

The  Rt.  Rev.  D.  H.  Greer,  D.  D. 
Bishop  of  New  York 

Mr.  Robert  Fulton  Cutting 
Rear  Admiral  C.  F.  Goodrich,  LL  S.  N. 
Colonel  Charles  William  Earned,  U.  S.  A. 
Mr.  George  Wharton  Pepper 
Hon.  John  H.  Stiness 

Secretar'i 

The  Rev.  Arthur  Lowndes,  D.  D. 

143  East  37th  Street,  New  York 

Treasurer 

Mr.  George  Gordon  King 

16  East  84th  Street,  New  York 


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EXECUTIVE  COMMITTEE 

The  Rev.  Canon  George  William  Douglas,  D.  D. 

Chairman 

The  Rev.  Arthur  Lowndes,  D.  D. 

Secretary 

The  Rt.  Rev.  Frederick  Courtney,  D.  D. 
Mr.  J.  M.  Glenn 
Mr.  Francis  C.  Huntington 
Mr.  George  Gordon  King 
Mr.  Charles  S.  Saunders 


COMMITTEE  ON  RESEARCH 


The  Rev.  Rockland  T.  Homans 
Chairman 

The  Rev.  Arthur  Lowndes,  D D. 
Secretary 

The  Rev.  Reese  F.  Alsop,  D.  D. 

The  Rev.  Henry  Riley  Gummey,  Jr.,  D.  D. 
The  Rev.  Canon  Robert  Ellis  Jones,  D.  D. 
Colonel  Charles  William  Earned,  U.  S.  A. 
Mr.  Lawson  Purdy 


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FINANCE  COMMITTEE 

Mr.  Robert  Fulton  Cutting 
Mr.  George  Gordon  King 
Mr.  William  Fellowes  Morgan 
Mr.  Lawson  Purdy 
Mr.  William  Jay  Schieffelin 


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Cfjrisitian  Wnity  Jfounbation 


The  Christian  Unity  Foundation 
is  a purely  voluntary  and  unofficial 
organization. 

Its  Charter  is  as  follows  : 


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Certificate  of  incorporation 

OF  THE 

Cfirigtian  Mnitv  Jfounbation 


City  of  New  York, 

County  of  New  York, 

We,  the  undersigned,  Frederick 
Courtney,  William  Croswell  Doane, 
D avi  d H ummell  Greer,  Edwin 
Stevens  Lines,  Boyd  Vincent,  Reese 
F.  Alsop,  George  William  Douglas, 
Henry  Riley  Gummey,  Jr.,  Rockland 
Tyng  Homans,  Robert  Ellis  Jones, 
Arthur  Lowndes,  Robert  Fulton  Cut- 
ting, John  Mark  Glenn,  Caspar  Fred- 
erick Goodrich,  Francis  C.  Hunting- 
ton,  George  Gordon  King,  Charles 
William  Earned,  William  Fellov^es 
Morgan,  George  Wharton  Pepper, 
Lawson  Purdy,  Charles  G.  Saunders, 
William  jay  SchiefFelin  and  John 
Henry  Stiness  ; all  being  of  full  age 
and  more  than  two-thirds  of  us  being 
citizens  of  the  United  States  and 
more  than  one,  residents  of  the  State 


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of  New  York,  for  the  purpose  of 
forming  a religious  corporation,  pur- 
suant to  and  in  conformity  with  the 
laws  of  the  State  of  New  York,  do 
hereby  make,  sign,  acknowledge,  cer- 
tify and  file  this  certificate. 

First.  The  name  of  the  proposed 
Corporation  is  “Christian  Unity 
Foundation.” 

Second.  I'he  purpose  for  which 
this  Corporation  is  formed  is:  To 
promote  Christian  Unity  at  home 
and  throughout  the  world.  To  this 
end,  to  gather  and  disseminate  accu- 
rate information  relative  to  the  faith 
and  works  of  all  Christian  bodies  : To 
set  forth  the  great  danger  of  our  un- 
happy divisions  and  the  waste  of 
spiritual  energy  due  thereto:  To  de- 
vise and  suggest  practical  methods  of 
co-operation,  substituting  comity  for 
rivalry  in  the  propagation  of  the  com- 
mon faith  : To  bring  together  ail  who 
are  labouring  in  the  same  field,  and  this 
in  the  belief  that  full  knowledge  of 
one  another  will  emphasize  our  actual 


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membership  in  the  one  body  of  Christ 
and  our  common  agreement  in  the 
essentials  of  faith. 

That,  finally,  by  the  operation  of 
the  Spirit  of  God,  the  various  Chris- 
tian bodies  may  be  knit  together  in 
more  evident  unity  in  the  essentials 
of  faith  and  practice  and  in  one  organic 
life. 

“ So  we,  being  many,  are  one  body 
in  Christ,  and  everyone  members  one 
of  another.” 

'Third.  The  members  of  the  Cor- 
poration are  the  signers  of  this  Certifi- 
cate, above  named,  and  their  suc- 
cessors. The  members  shall  have 
power  to  add  to  their  number  and 
to  fill  vacancies  in  their  number  in 
such  manner  and  at  such  times  as 
they  shall  determine.  The  members 
shall  also  have  power  to  adopt  a con- 
stitution, which  may,  among  other 
things,  limit  and  direct  the  exercise 
of  the  power  to  add  to  their  number 
and  to  fill  vacancies  hereinbefore 
given,  and  may  prescribe  the  quali- 

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fications  for  membership  in  the  cor- 
poration, and  the  method  by  which 
persons  may  become  or  be  made 
members  thereof,  and  the  powers  and 
duties  of  such  members  ; and  may 
also  prescribe  the  method  by  which 
Trustees  of  the  Corporation  shall  be 
elected  or  appointed,  either  by  mem- 
bers of  the  Corporation  or  by  the 
Trustees  themselves  or  otherwise,  and 
the  powers  and  duties  and  terms  of 
office  of  the  said  Trustees;  which 
Constitution  may  also  prescribe  the 
sole  method  for  its  own  amendment 
by  the  members  or  by  the  Trustees 
without  the  members,  and  may  also 
contain  any  other  provisions  not 
inconsistent  with  law  or  with  this 
Certificate  of  Incorporation. 

Fourth.  The  territory  in  which 
the  operations  of  the  Corporation  are 
to  be  conducted  is  the  United  States 
of  America  and  other  portions  of  the 
world. 

Fifth.  The  principal  office  of  the 
Corporation  is  to  be  situated  in  the 


Borough  of  Manhatta?!,  City,  County 
and  State  of  New  York. 

Sixth.  The  duration  of  the  Cor- 
poration to  be  perpetual. 

Seventh.  The  number  of  the  Trus- 
tees of  the  Corporation  is  twenty-four. 

Eighth.  The  names  and  post  office 
addresses  of  the  Trustees  to  serve 
until  their  successors  are  elected,  are 
as  follows  : 

Frederick  Courtney, 

1 19  E.  79th  St.,  New  York,  N.  Y. 
Charles  Palmerston  Anderson, 

1612  Prairie  Avenue,  Chicago,  111. 
William  Croswell  Doane, 

29  Elk  Street,  Albany,  N.  Y. 
David  Hummell  Greer, 

7 Grammercy  Park,  New  York,  N.  Y. 
Edwin  Stevens  Lines, 

21  Washington  Street,  Newark,  N.  J. 
Boyd  Vincent, 

663  Forest  Avenue,  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 
Reese  F.  Alsop, 

96  Remsen  Street,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
George  W illiam  Douglas, 

5 East  88th  Street,  New  York,  N.  Y. 


Henry  Riley  Gummey,  Jr., 

Haddonfield,  New  Jersey. 
Rockland  Tyng  Homans, 

Grace  Ch.  Rectory,  Jamaica,  L.  I.,  N.  Y. 
Robert  Ellis  Jones, 

615  West  1 1 2th  St.,  New  York,  N.  Y. 
Arthur  Lowndes, 

143  East  37th  Street,  New  York,  N.  Y. 
Robert  Fulton  Cutting, 

24  East  67th  Street,  New  York,  N.  Y. 
John  Mark  Glenn, 

152  East  35th  Street,  New  York,  N.  Y. 
Caspar  Frederick  Goodrich, 

Pomfret,  Connecticut. 
Francis  C.  Huntington 

54  William  Street,  New  York,  N.  Y. 
George  Gordon  King, 

16  East  84th  Street,  New  York,  N.  Y. 
Charles  William  Earned, 

West  Point,  New  York. 
William  Fellowes  Morgan, 

Arch  5,  Brooklyn  Bridge,  New  York. 
George  Wharton  Pepper, 

Land  Title  Building,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 
Lawson  Purdy, 

535  West  152nd  St.,  New  York,  N.  Y. 
Charles  G.  Saunders, 

95  Milk  Street,  Boston,  Mass. 


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William  Jay  Schieffelin, 

5 East  66th  Street,  New  York,  N.  Y. 
John  Henry  Stiness, 

210  Governor  Street,  Providence,  R.  I. 

In  Witness  Whereof,  we,  the 
incorporators  above  named,  have 
hereunto  set  our  hands  and  seals, 
this  lath  day  of  May,  one  thousand 
nine  hundred  and  ten. 

(Duly  signed  and  acknowledged). 

Filed  July  1 8th,  1910,  in  the  Office 
of  Clerk  of  New  York  County,  N.  Y. 


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It  is  believed  that  the  method  of 
research  and  conference  hereby  pro- 
posed for  approaching  this  great  sub- 
ject will  commend  itself  to  earnest- 
minded  men  and  women,  and  that 
a large  and  sufficient  endowment  will 
be  forthcoming  to  ensure  the  con- 
tinuity and  permanence  of  the  work, 
which  must  be  one  of  patient  growth, 
requiring  years  to  mature,  and  being 
at  the  outset  largely  informal  and 
inconspicuous.  A lay  member  of  the 
Foundation  generously  promised  to 
bear  all  the  initial  expenses  to  the 
extent  of  ten  thousand  dollars. 

The  office  provides  ample  accom- 
modation for  meetings,  a library  and 
the  filing  of  records. 

The  Secretary,  the  Rev.  Dr. 
Lowndes,  may  be  addressed  at  his 
office,  143  East  37th  Street,  New 
York.  He  will  gladly  furnish  any 
further  information. 


EDWIN  S.  GORHAM,  PUBLISHER 
37  EAST  28TH  STREET 
NEW  YORK 


